New Hampshire State House Concord gold dome
— — the gold the legislature still meets under.
Not only on a wall.
“The oldest state capitol in the country in which the legislators still meet in their original chambers. The granite came out of a quarry three miles north of the building, hauled by oxen. The dome is small for a capitol, gilded thin, topped by a wooden eagle the original carver said was for war and peace. Concord is a working capital, not a museum one. The building still does its job.
New Hampshire State House Concord gold dome, on ceramic.
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The New Hampshire State House sits on Main Street in downtown Concord, the state capital. Construction ran from 1816 to 1819 under architect Stuart J. Park, with granite quarried from Rattlesnake Hill in Concord. It is the oldest state capitol in the United States in which the legislature still meets in its original chambers. The General Court seats 424 members, the largest U.S. state legislature and the fourth-largest English-speaking deliberative body in the world after the U.S. Congress, the U.K. Parliament, and the Parliament of India.
The walls are Concord granite, quarried at Rattlesnake Hill about three miles north of the building and hauled to the site by oxen. The original two-story block was expanded in 1864 and again in 1909-10, each addition matched to the original stone. The dome is wood-framed and copper-sheathed, regilded approximately every twenty to thirty years; the most recent regilding used roughly eight ounces of gold leaf, laid in tiny sheets across the curve. The wooden eagle on top is a 1957 replacement; the 1818 original is displayed inside.
The building is open to the public weekdays from 8:00 to 4:30, with self-guided tours from the visitor center on the ground floor. Guided tours are offered on request and are free. The Hall of Flags on the second floor holds 88 battle flags from New Hampshire regiments going back to the Civil War. When the General Court is in session, usually January through June, the chambers can be observed from the visitor galleries. Parking is on Main Street or in the nearby Storrs Street garage.